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INFORMAL
Definition of INFORMAL
adjective
Not formal or ceremonious.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From in- + formal.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
INFORMAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 10, 30 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 129, 26 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First found by a player on Day 36, 25 June 2026.
Built from these letters
INFORMAL starts with I and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AFILMNOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start INFORM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 10
Could you have found INFORMAL?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 10 - and most players walked straight past it.
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